Indian Army was ready to cross LoC in 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee stopped us: General Malik

Indian Former Army chief General VP Malik, who led the Army in 1999 during the Kargil war, said Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not allow the Indian forces to enter the Pakistan-occupied territory in 1999 due to international pressure. On 2nd june PM Vajpayee told the Army not to cross the border. The then national security adviser Brajesh Mishra had said in an interview that the Army was told ‘not to cross the border today, but we don’t know about tomorrow’.”